Core Business Areas
The Ministry's core business is children and family development, with a continuum of services ranging from prevention and
early intervention, to specific care services.
The service continuum is supported by four key areas of budget responsibility: Child and Family Development; Early Childhood
Development, Child Care and Supports to Children with Special Needs; Provincial Services; and Executive Support Services.
These responsibilities will be realigned by 2008/09 to support a regionalized model of service delivery.
1. Child and Family Development
Child and Family Development provides a range of services for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, youth and families
including: child protection, residential, guardianship, foster care, permanency and adoption planning for children and youth
permanently in care, community child and youth mental health services, community youth justice services, and services to strengthen
and preserve families.
2007/08 Budget: $704,733,000
Full-Time Equivalents: 3,114
2. Early Childhood Development, Child Care and Supports to Children with Special Needs
Early childhood development services include: family resource centres, infant development and supported child development.
Child care services include subsidies and information services for families and funding and other supports for child care
service providers. Developmental and support services for children and youth with special needs include: early intervention
and school age therapies, family support programs such as nursing support services, medical benefits and key worker/parent
supports for families of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and intervention services for children and youth with
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
2007/08 Budget: $429,862,000
Full-Time Equivalents: 312
3. Provincial Services
Provincial Services includes the administration and delivery of specialized institutional services for children and youth
such as: treatment programs for psychiatrically ill or conduct-disordered adolescents, youth custody services, youth forensic
psychiatric services and services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
2007/08 Budget: $61,267,000
Full-Time Equivalents: 621
4. Executive and Support Services
Executive and Support Services provides overall advice, direction, leadership and support to Ministry programs. This includes:
overarching policy and legislative support, information technology, audit, staff development, performance management and related
research functions, intergovernmental relations, and administrative services including facilities and records management,
contracts, financial support and services to support the business of the Ministry.
2007/08 Budget: $23,668,000
Full-Time Equivalents: 234
Community Living Services
Community Living British Columbia is a Crown agency responsible for directing operations, enforcing standards and managing
funds related to the delivery of services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. For further information
regarding Community Living British Columbia refer to: http://www.communitylivingbc.ca .
This area provides general support and monitoring of Community Living British Columbia to ensure that service and financial
accountability requirements are met.
2007/08 Budget: $674,000
Full-Time Equivalents: 5
Transfers to Community Living British Columbia
These transfers provide funding to Community Living British Columbia for the governance, management, operations and delivery
of services and supports to children and adults with developmental disabilities.
2007/08 Budget: $646,440,000
Further Ministry Information
For more information on ministry programs and services, view: http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcfd. For an overview of the Ministry's Information Resource Management Plan, view: http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/about_us/irmp.htm.